Growing up in southern Germany, Bastian Schweinsteiger's favorite players were Lothar Matthaus and Flemming Povlsen.
The successful Matthaus because he won a World Cup for Germany and seven Bundesliga titles for Bayern Munich. And Povlsen? Well,...

Two matches between teams from Britain and Italy headline the last 32 of the Europa League as the continent's second-tier competition resumes at the knockout stage on Thursday. When Celtic and Inter Milan met for the first time, they contested the final...

Anyone who still believes Germans don't have a sense of humor was all wet Wednesday after the first "BunDucksLiga" final, which matched five tiny plastic ducks and a frog in an inner tube in a five-lap race around a circular water course.
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ZURICH -- Cristiano Ronaldo won the FIFA Ballon d'Or award for 2014 on Monday, earning the title of world's best football player for a third time.
He easily beat four-time winner Lionel Messi and Germany goalkeeper Manuel Neuer in a vote of national...

The U.S. women will try to give Abby Wambach, 34, a World Cup title before she retires, the Galaxy will try life without Landon Donovan for the first time in a decade and U.S. men's national team Coach Juergen Klinsmann will try not to continue making...

As Germany was finishing off Argentina to win its fourth World Cup title last summer, you couldn't blame some of the country's most passionate soccer fans if they watched the final with a bit of apprehension. Because what has been good for the national...

Jurgen Klinsmann cut Landon Donovan in May. And anyone who has ever loved someone or something as much as Donovan has loved soccer knows the first cut is the deepest.
There was no need for Klinsmann to cut Donovan again a day before his final...

MANAUS, Brazil -- Croatia kept its hopes of a berth in the Round of 16 alive by routing 10-man Cameroon in a 4-0 victory at the Arena Amazonia on Wednesday.
Ivica Olic scored just 11 minutes into the affair to put Niko Kovac's men in front, but the match...

GLENDALE, Ariz. -- Landon Donovan on Wednesday spent the first 59 minutes of the U.S. national team's friendly against Mexico on the bench, a place he’s not accustomed to being for that long.
But it’s a place Donovan, the leading scorer in U.S. team...

MANAUS, Brazil -- Switzerland advanced to the second round at the World Cup on Wednesday as the team notched a 3-0 win over Honduras courtesy of Xherdan Shaqiri's hat trick, allowing the Swiss to finish in second place in Group E.
Switzerland entered the...

Bob Baffert, the Hall of Fame trainer of Preakness entry Bayern, hopes his horse has more luck in Baltimore than Bodemeister did at Pimlico two years ago.
After winning the Arkansas Derby that year, Bodemeister finished second in both the Kentucky...

A pair of European soccer giants officially welcomed new head coaches Monday with England's Manchester United confirming the appointment of Dutch World Cup Coach Louis van Gaal to head that team while in Spain, Barcelona announced the hiring of Luis...

Landon Donovan will not be playing in a record fourth World Cup for the U.S. this summer after the Galaxy star was left off the final 23-man roster announced Thursday.
Released from the team along with Donovan were forward Terrence Boyd, midfielders...

A day after cutting Landon Donovan from his World Cup team, U.S. Coach Juergen Klinsmann on Friday defended the 23-man roster he will take to Brazil next month.
"I have to do what I believe is the right thing as of today," he said. "And...

PORTLAND -- Landon Donovan's goal in the 70th minute lifted the MLS All-Stars to a 2-1 comeback win over Bayern Munich at Providence Park on Wednesday.
The latest edition of the MLS All-Star game saw Bayern take the lead after eight minutes through...

This time there was no doubt in Landon Donovan's mind.
On Thursday, the 32-year-old Galaxy forward, widely considered to be the best American soccer player in history, announced he would quit playing after this season.
Donovan took a controversial,...